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Pashinyan plans to tax the Church. Fragile US–Iran truce under threat․ Alpha Newsroom 21.04.2026

April 21 2026, 14:00

Today in Alpha News Room:

🔹 Nikol Pashinyan plans to impose taxes on the Armenian Apostolic Church if re-elected;

🔹 Ruben Vardanyan has asked Armenia’s ombudsman to consider the possibility of visiting Baku;

🔹 Threats and new aircraft carriers in the Middle East: the United States is dramatically increasing its military presence in the region;

🔹 Iran is entering negotiations from a position of strength and is trying to dictate its terms, says Evdokia Dobreva;

🔹 “Trump’s road” is turning Armenia into a transit corridor for Azerbaijan and Turkey, says Pyotr Kolchin;

🔹 The passenger was intoxicated: police comment on the stabbing of a bus driver;

🔹 Winter is not letting up: a snowstorm in Syunik.